Skin exposure to aliphatic polyisocyanates in the auto body repair and refinishing industry: III. A personal exposure algorithm

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-40

  Liu, Youcheng ^a,b   Stowe, Meredith H ^b   Bello, Dhimiter ^c   Sparer, Judy ^b   Gore, Rebecca J ^c   Cullen, Mark R ^b   Redlich, Carrie A ^b   Woskie, Susan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto body refinishing; Exposure assessment; Exposure modeling; Hexamethylene diisocyanate; Isocyanates; PPE; Skin exposure; Task based exposure metrics

Indexed keywords

AUTO BODY REFINISHING; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE MODELING; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; ISOCYANATES; PPE; SKIN EXPOSURE; TASK-BASED EXPOSURE METRICS;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CYCLOHEXANE; EMPLOYMENT; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SEEBECK EFFECT;

SKIN;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYURETHANES; SKIN;

EID: 58549098916     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men070     Document Type: Article

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